Mickey Mouse's ears are well known all over the world, and this year will be an especially fun one for Disney. The company is celebrating 60 years since its first theme park, Disneyland, opened in California, US in 1955.

Disney has opened many more parks all over the world since it made history in California, Shanghai Disneyland is expected to open in 2016, bringing Disney's popular parks here to the Chinese mainland for the first time.

So why has Disneyland been so popular for 60 years? Well, it's described as "the Happiest Place on Earth" and "a place for the young and young at heart”. Many Americans have grown up with the parks, as ex—Disneyland president Paul Pressler said in 1995: " There is an emotional relationship that people have with this park.”

Disneyland was one of the first theme parks anywhere in the world that had “lands” and rides with themes. Disney's storytelling in rides like roller coasters is a big reason for their parks' success. “We tell a story in everything we do,”Pressler said. Disney rides such as The seven Dwarves Mine Train and Peter Pan's Flight come from its movies. One ride from its 2013 hit movie Frozen will surely be coming soon, perhaps at the new Shanghai Disneyland.
Disney's parks haven't always been popular everywhere, however. When Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, some French people felt that American culture was invading(入侵)France. But still, the park stayed open and today it is a popular place for European visitors.

Whatever you may think of them, you can't say that on their 60 th birthday, Disney's parks aren't still going strong. How many Disney theme parks will you have visited by the time their 70 th birthday comes around?

    Valentine's Day（情人节） is on February 14th every year. On this day, people send valentines to their loved ones. Valentine's Day is a special time to tell how much you care about（在乎） a person.

    Many people send candy in hearted shaped（心形的） boxes to people they love. Flowers are also presents that people send on Valentine's Day. Valentine cards with words are often used（被使用） by many people.

    Can you guess who gets the greatest number of Valentine cards in the USA each year? Is It mother or father, sister or brother? Is it uncle or aunt? Is it the special friend? No, it isn't!

    Mothers get a lot of cards, but school teachers get the most each year. Do you know who sends the most? Children do. Children send five times（倍） as many on February 14th as adults do.

Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students.

A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan (租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.

American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school.

When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students' exam passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver's exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because cache teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.

The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students take part in after-school activities. These activities include sports, specially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.

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"Have you had your dinner yet？Now, please listen to me. I'm Gao Gao, and I'll sing Shanghai opera for you. "

With this line, it is just three months after Gao began her online broadcast（直播）. Then the Shanghai opera actress attracted（吸引）, 000 new fans. She is happy about the growing number. But there is some even better news：Many of her fans are young people.

Most Shanghai opera lovers are grey﹣haired. As they continue to age, fewer and fewer of them are able to watch live（现场的） performances in theaters. Gao was concerned about it after her first public performance. "Are many young people born with a natural dislike for Shanghai opera？"Gao once asked herself.

This past summer, Gao started to broadcast Shanghai opera online. Few people took an interest in her shows. For two hours, only about 200 people went into her broadcast. Gao was a little sad, but she didn't give up. She thought hard about how to attract young people.

Gao hit upon a few good ideas. She sang some popular songs in the Shanghai dialect（方言）. She also performed some Shanghai opera classics online. Besides, she always reads the messages from her fans. They helped her to do better. Her hard work finally paid off.

After Gao's success, other Shanghai opera actors also started to bring their shows to the Internet. More and more young people are now enjoying Shanghai opera.